The 40th Annual Performance Mix lineup is now live!
This June, we are celebrating 40 years of Performance Mix Festival. Our highly anticipated Performance Mix 40 will bring together over 35 artists at the Underground Theater at Abrons Arts Center.
Both Festival alumni and emerging artists were invited to perform at this year’s Mix. Join us to experience some of the most compelling contemporary voices in experimental performance!
Thursday, June 4th
Program A 7:00pm
IV Castellanos, chameckilerner, Ursula Eagly
Program B 8:30pm
Julia Antinozzi, CoCoMotion, Antonio Ramos & The Gangbangers in collaboration with Saúl Ulerio
Friday, June 5th
Breakfast Mix 10:00am
Conversation, light bites, followed by workshop led by PMF40 artists Elana Lev & Dorian Nuskind-Oder
Morgan Gregory, Marie Lloyd Paspe, Kat Sotelo, Anh Vo
FREE Events: Breakfast Mix + Workshop Opportunity with Elena Lev and Dorian Nuskind-Oder
Join us for the annual Breakfast Mix! Friends of NDA will meet at the Loft to brunch and mingle. A conversation with the Festival’s visiting international artists will be moderated by Executive Director Karen Bernard.
Join Elena Lev, circus artist and performer in ‘Looper’ for an introduction to her unique approach to hoop manipulation. This free workshop is for adult dancers and movers who are interested in exploring the basics of Lev’s technique. Participants will learn how to turn the hoop on their hands and body: a precise, playful and meditative challenge. Please wear comfortable, close-fitting clothes to move in (socks and leggings are ideal). Hoops will be provided.
Admission to both events is free, but space is limited. An RSVP is mandatory for both events. Please email admin@newdancealliance.org to reserve your place for either or both events.
Breakfast Mix: Friday, June 5th, 2026, 10am-12pm. Workshop: Friday, June 5th, 2026, 12pm-1pm. NDA Loft, 182 Duane Street. RSVP today!
Performance Mix Festival Vision
New Dance Alliance views the function of supporting experimental performance works as carrying forward a distinct heritage of art in America. From Isadora Duncan and her shoeless dances to John Cage and his amplified toasters to Jennifer Monson and her migration projects, American artists have been privileged in their Constitutional right to defy conventions. NDA continues this American legacy by making an explicit commitment to equity and inclusion and creating programs that center the work of artists from historically marginalized communities of color, LGBTQ artists, and artists with disabilities. As testimony to its efforts, NDA claims a roster of over 1,000 artists who have pioneered new methods in artistic creation. These artists have distinct voices within shared genres and have often gone on to become award-winning leaders in the field.
The festival has grown to include artists from around the globe, including South Africa, Canada, Europe, and South America.
By holding annual Performance Mix Festivals, NDA brings together artists of diverse backgrounds and aesthetics to connect with the downtown art scene, year after year. Our community continues to expand, encompassing an ever-widening perspective of the artistic experience!
Any contribution helps keep us going! Thank you for your continued support.
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We are accepting rolling applications for our Satellite Program!
Satellite provides donation-based rehearsal space at NDA’s Studio in Tribeca. Satellite artists must book a minimum of 8 hours from November to January and February to April. Additional hours as available.
This program operates on a donation-based payment system, suggested $5 per hour. Donations can be made by NDA’s Venmo @New-Dance-1 with the subject: Satellite.
Satellite rehearsal space is available upon request, on a first-come, first-serve, rolling basis. Please fill out this interest form, and we will contact you pending studio availability.
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PHOTO CREDITS: Photo 1 – IV Castellanos, photo by Jeremy Dennis Photo 2 – Elena Lev, photo by David Wong Photo 3 – Morgan Gregory, photo by SD Herzog Photo 4 – Antonio Ramos & The Gangbangers, photo by Cherylynn Tsushima.
“Thank you thank you and thank you to everyone who made this residency (Black Artist Space to Create) possible. These past two weeks have been a blessing! Not only have I been able to deepen my own personal/artistic practices, I was given the space to connect with people that I love! I was given space to reflect on love, and to prepare for what this next year (2021) will bring! Shout out to New Dance Alliance, Modern Accord Depot and Angie Pittman for the time, the space, and opportunity! I am forever grateful! It felt like a good meal, with dessert!”
– Johnnie Cruise Mercer
New Dance Alliance
182 Duane Street
New York, NY 10013
All venues are wheelchair accessible.
